Germany's central bank said Thursday that it will request the dismissal of board member Thilo Sarrazin whose comments stereotyping Muslim immigrnts drew outrage from government officials.

"Germany is Doing Away With Itself," claims a new controversial book, blaming partially the country's low birth rate. But does it? A new study finds that Germans suddenly are willing to make more babies.

German politicians called for airlines to provide passengers with more leg room to insure their security and health, in addition to justifying rising ticket prices, The Local online reports.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s deputy and her main coalition ally is facing growing calls to quit as head of the Free Democratic Party as its support hovers near historic lows.

A debate still smoulders over one of the most disastrous military endeavors of World War II that took place in the French coastal town of  Dieppe 70 years ago this week.

Famous sex therapist "Dr. Ruth" Westheimer will lead this year's Steuben Parade on Sept 25. Stephanie Russell-Kraft joins her as the 2010 Miss German-America. (Please read her story in "germericana" to the left). 

Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey has acknowledged efforts by the Swiss abroad to push for a greater role in politics. She pledged to keep a quality service for the expatriate community.

Human remains discovered by archaeologists in a field near the Czech town of Jihlava are believed to belong to local ethnic Germans murdered by vigilante groups towards the end of the Second World War.

Czech police are probing the May 1945 killing of more than a dozen German-speaking civilians, after the discovery of a World War II-era grave.

Germany must face a lawsuit over bonds that defaulted under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, a U.S. appeals court ruled, saying the nation isn’t immune from the claims and that American courts have jurisdiction to decide whether the bonds are enforceable.

Austrian billionaire entrepreneur Martin Schlaff reportedly used his close connections to Libyan and Israeli politicians and businessmen to help free Israeli photographer Rafael Hadad from Libyan custody.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity rose after he announced tough measures against crime and illegal immigration, but more than half of voters say he is still not tackling the country's problems.

After World War II millions of  ethnic Germans were expelled from Eastern Europe where their ancestors had lived for centuries. Officials marked the events in Stuttgart.

A  minority government consisting of liberals VVD and Christian democrats CDA with the support of the rightist PVV is looking more and more likely in the Netherlands.

The last Dutch forces are leaving Afghanistan Sunday, marking the end of the Netherlands' four-year mission there. The Dutch withdrawal is the most significant pull-out of troops from the Afghan war.

A replica of Switzerland’s Zytglogge tower now stands in Berne, Indiana.
The town’s new landmark was opened on Saturday night – to great fanfare – as part of the Swiss Days festival.

The death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash united a nation in grief in April. Now, plans to move a memorial to the tragedy reveal Polish society's true fault lines.

A top German general and ISAF spokesman blasted the 'Wikileaks' website Thursday for last week's publication of thousands of mostly classified files on the conflict in Afghanistan.

The idea of Turkey joining the EU continues to be for many in the bloc. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has thrown his support behind Turkey's bid, setting London apart from France and Germany.

Leaked US military documents on the Afghan war and the publishing of classified material has raised security concerns in Germany. Berlin plans to investigate.

The Love Parade will never be held again, organizer Rainer Scheller said on Sunday at a highly-emotional press conference, as  the death toll climbs to 19, with hundreds injured on Saturday in Duisburg.

Ceremonies marking the anniversary of the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler will be held at sites around Berlin on July 20. His would-be killer was portrayed in Tom Cruise's movie, Valkyrie.

Austria's economy suffered its biggest post-war year on year decline last year, Statistik Austria said. Gross domestic product dropped by 3.9 per cent from 2008 to 2009.

A heatwave  sweeping large parts of Europe may have claimed hundreds of lives. Ttemperatures have been hovering around 40 degrees celcius (96 F) in many capital cities.

A wave of installation closures will begin this summer in
Mannheim and Heidelberg, but many of the most significant
realignments will not happen until 2014 or 2015.